Coming Together in a Time of Crisis

AFA & ARTISTS NEED YOUR SUPPORT NOW

During this pandemic with social distancing and the struggle for civil rights,
​Art is important for our well being
Your tax-deductible Donation Supports Arts for Art and the FreeJazz Artists you love.
VISION FESTIVAL 25, our beloved, world-renowned celebration of boundless improvised art is being reimagined through all of our current programming.
A Time of Crisis
Impact
  • Performing artists gigs around the world have been cancelled.
  • The staff of AFA had to work remotely and reorganize what we could accomplish during this time of isolation.
  • AFA had to cancel our live presentations including The 25th Vision Festival honoring Amina Claudine Myers. ​
AFA Response
  • Screening Vision :  AFA began on April 7, a curated series of videos posted 3 times per week, taken from our 25-year performance archive of performances and socially relevant panel discussions.
  • On_Line Salon / Justice is Compassion :  Live performances and interviews with artists presented on Zoom and filmed from their homes or prerecorded at Park West Studios. They include conversations with Artists on their creative process in this era. It includes audience participation.
  • Artist Diaries :  On May 1, AFA began posting unique short multimedia videos by artists, reflecting their artistic practice in social isolation, for many of these diaries we provided technical and creative support. Artists receive a fee.
  • Artist Meetings :  Weekly discussions on Zoom that address the isolation that we have all been experiencing and deepening relationships in our artistic family. 
  • Artists for a Free World (AFFW) :  Founded in January of 2017, AFFW is a marching band that performs at demonstrations. At recent Artist Meetings, we are reorganizing and finding the best ways to be active in the age of COVID-19
Your support will keep the fire of music and arts present in our lives.
You can make your tax deductible contribution by mailing a check to
Arts for Art 107 Suffolk Street, Ste. 300, NY, New York, 10002
Send checks to: Arts for Art, 107 Suffolk St #300, New York, NY 10002

"one thing is certain, no one combines the creative arts – dance, poetry, art, film and thought with the spirit of Free Jazz better than Arts for Art, presenter of the dauntless Vision Festival." - Ken Weiss, Cadence 

MISSION: Arts For Art is dedicated to serving a diverse community of artists and audiences in music, dance, poetry and visual arts that utilizes improvisation as a way to express a larger, more positive American dream of inclusion and freedom.
​ARTS FOR ART, INC.
107 Suffolk Street, #300, New York, NY, 10002
212-254-5420 | info@artsforart.org

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